Revisiting a Traditional Best Seller

My quilter sister in Colorado Springs, Paula, loves and excels at precision piecing. She is prolific in her quiltmaking, and since I have a Nolting longarm machine, she sends most of her quilt tops to me to be quilted. One of her favorites is the Blooming Nine Patch in Blanche Young & Dalene Young Stone’s Tradition with a Twist. She’s made half a dozen of this pattern, mostly in queen or king size. Here’s a beauty she made for her guest room. Tradition with a twist project And this year, as a surprise Christmas present for our other sister (the non-quilter) Betsy, and her husband, Chuck, Paula pieced and I quilted this 110” square Blooming Nine Patch, a stunning variation on Boston Commons. Tradition with a Twist is a 1996 publication that just keeps on selling. The variations on Sunshine and Shadows or Trip Around the World turns them into very contemporary tops that knock your socks off!

Ruthmary Schauer






Revisiting a Traditional Best Seller

Reviews
Review By: Catherine Smith, - May 11, 2010
"In the process of simplifying traditional quilt patterns for our 21st century cutting and sewing techniques, Blanche Young and Dalene Young Stone have created a new and popular series of classics. Blanche has been writing and simplifying classics for several decades and her instructions for Irish Chain and Sunshine and Shadow quilts have always been head and shoulders above others who write on the subject. Now, with her daughter, Dalene, she has seven or eight different classic quilts and their derivations simplified for speed cutting and batch sewing. The instructions, graphics and photos could not be better. Even a relative novice with patience and attention to detail can, with Blanche and Dalene's help, produce a near masterpiece if the fabrics are right. The public has received this book enthusiastically and Cotton Club even offers precut and complete kits of various descriptions utilizing the Blooming Nine Patch instructions. I have used the book and, just like its early predecessors by Blanche Young, it takes all the mathematical mystery out of these favorite quilts, it makes the purchase of fabrics easier, and it makes the actual building of the quilt nearly foolproof for quilters of all levels of skill. I highly recommend it."
January 11, 2011 7:05 AM